Statements In The Senate
Speech on C-10
June 28th 2021 Colleagues, it’s truly unbelievable that we are actually “debating” the need to protect free speech in Canada. What was supposed to be an update of the Broadcasting act and new rules for big tech has become something else entirely. As the minister himself said…if you think bill 10 is controversial, wait until…
Read MoreQuestion of Privilege
16 June 2020 Honourable senators, I rise on a question of privilege because my rights and the rights of all honourable senators to fully participate in debate and proceedings are currently being breached according to rule 13-1. The Senate has convened only four times since the middle of March to approve legislation and we are here again…
Read MoreStatement on Economic Policy
11 March 2020 Honourable senators, across Saskatchewan and Alberta, we are living through an economic and social crisis. Companies in the natural resource sector, which provide real jobs for families, and are often leaders in innovation and research, are now running up unsustainable debt, have lost investors, have left the country, or are simply closing…
Read MoreStatement on Freedom of Expression
25 February 2020 Honourable senators, as someone who spent many years of her life in the world of journalism, I care deeply about freedom of speech in our public discourse; and although the news cycle has moved on, the matter remains simply too important to let it pass unnoted. Last week, the Prime Minister convened…
Read MoreSenate Chamber Inquiry into Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying
4 February, 2020 Colleagues, we deal with death in many forms, every day of our lives: the death of a relationship, the death of a career or job, the death of innocence, or the death of a loved one. But if we are willing, these encounters can help ready us for a dignified conclusion to…
Read MoreSpeech on Bill C-69
11 December 2018 – Senator Wallin’s Speech on Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act I would like to add my voice to the debate on Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation…
Read MoreSpeech on Bill C-71
29 November 2018 – Senator Wallin’s Speech on Bill C-71, An Act to amend the Firearms Act Honourable senators, I rise today to speak to the second reading of Bill C-71, An Act to amend the Firearms Act. We all know that guns have the capacity to inflict grave damage, to take a life or…
Read MoreStatement on Bill C-59
23 October 2018 – Senator Wallin’s Statement on Bill C-59, An Act Respecting National Security Matters Honourable senators, I rise to speak at the second reading of Bill C-59, An Act Respecting National Security Matters. My views on this bill, and on national security in general, are in part shaped by my time living in…
Read MoreSenate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
25 April 2018 – Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Senator Pamela Wallin with Stephen S. Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, Carolyn A. Wilkins, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada and members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.
Read MoreBlood Inquiry
12 December 2017 Senator Wallin rose to call the attention of the Senate to the federal government’s legal obligation to protect and maintain Canada’s voluntary blood system and to examine the issues surrounding commercial, cash- for- blood operations This past November, we marked the twentieth anniversary of the Krever commission. Judge Horace Krever investigated Canada’s…
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